Golf Central

And now we see how the big the gap is between No. 1 and No. 2 in the world ...: Big. You've got that right. Just when you thought the FBR couldn't produce nearly the drama of what happened in Dubai, we had Lefty charging back to nearly win the thing from four shots down.
That's what Tiger did in Dubai, isn't it?: He sure did. But hometown boy Phil Mickelson just couldn't pull it off for his 33rd PGA Tour win. He played a brilliant closing round, got to 14-under, which should have been 15-under had he not been unlucky with a putt that grazed the hole on the last.
Still, Phil got into a playoff, didn't he?: Yes, but instead of sealing the deal, he got overpowered by young JB Holmes, who had a slice of the lead for most of the last three rounds. But JB got it done. And that's two wins now for the huge-hitting 25-year-old from Kentucky, both in Scottsdale.
How did JB do that?: He simply overpowered Phil Mickelson. He came up with a clutch birdie on the 18th to tie Phil in the clubhouse in regulation, then blew Phil away with pure power on the first playoff hole.
That was a heck of a tee shot ...: I'm not sure heck describes it properly. It was herculean. Phil split the fairway with his driver, then JB cranked a 359-yarder that left him a little wedge to the green. He outdrove Mickelson, who is a long hitter, by nearly 80 yards.
So all this stuff the club-makers say about distance is true, then?: In this case it was ... it was a matter of feet and inches. Mickelson had a gap wedge for his approach on the playoff hole, but he was wide by 20 feet from 137 yards out. Whereas Holmes just flipped a little wedge shot onto the green from 72 yards out and made the eight-footer ...
And the rest, they say, is history ...: And Phil Mickelson will just have to wait to carve out another niche of his history, while Tiger just did it ... again.
What's next?: Well, Tiger takes a couple of weeks off and Phil Mickelson regroups himself for Pebble Beach, where he's defending champ. And you should re-group a bit, yourself ...
Speaking of re-grouping, or should I say re-groupie-ing, where did Camilo Villegas finish?: I shouldn't even answer that question, but since you asked, 5-under, tied for 34th.
So-so week for him after his hot start ...: I didn't say what he was 5-under ...
We'd better clean it up before we hit Pebble Beach ...: We'd better had.